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 Recently, we had an offer from a family wanting to exchange homes who were living in Australia.

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 And when I read the description, I couldn't wait to see the pictures.

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 Their house was situated on the coast.

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 In fact, it literally overhangs the sea.

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 From their balcony, you can go fishing.

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 Or you can launch their kayaks from the deck that's underneath.

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 Swimming and barbecues seemed to be the local pastimes.

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 It was really quite amazing.

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 And as I looked out of my window and I looked across the road to a row of houses,

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 and I looked beyond that to more houses and beyond that to just more concrete and wet, damp, horrible leaves,

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 I began to dream.

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 Dreaming away, rod in one hand, barbecue fork in the other.

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 The evening sun, the smell of grilled steak.

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 I could get used to this.

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 This would be a great life.

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 But because of costs, and it was just pictures on a website, it's going to remain a dream.

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 But what is a reality, and what is even better than all of this,

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 is that someone has actually exchanged places with me so that I can have the best life ever.

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 Someone has literally swapped lives with me so that we can experience life as it was intended to be.

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 Look at verse 1 of chapter 5.

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 Do you see that little phrase there, those three words, justified through faith?

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 It's like a summary term for the whole of chapters 1 to 4.

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 Because it's telling us everything that Jesus has done for us.

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 That Jesus Christ came to exchange places with us.

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 He has swapped his life for our life.

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 Jesus Christ came and he took the place of a sinner.

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 Guilty and condemned.

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 And he suffers the wrath and the judgment of God for us.

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 Because in other words, Jesus is treated as we deserve to be treated,

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 so that by faith we are treated as Jesus deserves to be treated.

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 We can see this even at the end of verse 8,

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 where it says,

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 While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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 His life for our life.

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 That's what it means to be justified by faith.

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 Because Jesus has exchanged places with us,

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 we are declared acceptable to God.

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 But that is only the beginning.

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 The result of this new position

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 is something that we are to experience each and every day.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 It says,

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 Not only is this so,

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 not only are we put right with God,

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 but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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 Reconciliation means that we can enjoy a living

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 and a vibrant relationship with Jesus today.

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 No longer are we his enemies.

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 We are now his friends.

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 And all this is possible because Jesus exchanged places with us.

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 And the big message of Romans at this point,

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 as we march into chapter 5,

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 is that the gospel is not just something explained,

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 which is chapters 1 to 4,

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 but it is something to be experienced.

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 And we will see this as we go from chapters 5 through to 8.

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 It's not just what Jesus has done,

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 but what it means to be in a living relationship with Jesus today.

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 So how can we have this best life ever?

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 Well, first of all,

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 we are to experience the gospel each day.

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 It's not just something that we look to in the past,

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 an event where we became a believer.

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 It is something to be experienced each day.

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 Look at verse,

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 let's read from verse 1 again.

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 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith,

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 we now have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 through whom we have gained access by faith

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 into his grace in which we now stand,

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 and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

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 Do you see all the benefits there?

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 Because of what Jesus has done,

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 we now have peace with God,

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 we stand in his grace,

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 and we have the hope of glory.

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 I want you for a minute,

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 and I think this will be quite easy for you to do,

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 because it is quite cold,

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 to picture yourself under a great waterfall,

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 except this waterfall is fresh,

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 and it's very warm.

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 And at the bottom of this waterfall,

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 as you stand underneath it,

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 is this great pool of water.

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 And from this great big pool

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 is a series of smaller waterfalls

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 which kind of flow from it,

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 which fills up other little pools around the base,

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 where you can swim and relax.

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 Now that's what we have a picture of here.

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 The main pool is like the relationship we have with Christ,

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 justified by faith,

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 our relationship with God.

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 But from the overflow of that,

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 we have peace,

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 and we have grace,

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 and we have the hope of glory.

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 Because when the gospel is fully experienced in our life,

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 it literally overflows into every area of our life.

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 So let's look at these three pools in turn.

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 First of all, we have peace with God.

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 Peace is not just the absence of an enemy,

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 but it is the presence of a friend.

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 Chapters 1 to 4, as we saw,

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 went to great lengths to explain

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 that we were enemies of God,

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 under His just judgment.

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 But now because of Christ we're forgiven,

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 we're no longer His enemies,

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 but we're His friends.

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 And it says here in verse 1

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 that we now have peace with God.

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 And that peace is not unlike the peace that was present in the Garden of Eden.

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 Man in unity and harmony with His Creator.

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 There was a sense of safety and security,

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 a place of well-being,

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 a place of wholeness.

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 They were in search of nothing.

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 They weren't endlessly striving for things,

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 because they had everything.

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 And so with our peace with God,

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 we are satisfied and fulfilled with Christ,

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 because we have all that we ever need in Him.

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 And that is something we are to enjoy today,

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 a living and vibrant relationship with God.

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 But not only do we have peace with God,

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 and again if you keep that picture of the waterfall in mind,

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 flowing into the other pool is that we are standing in grace.

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 Do you see it there in verse 2?

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 It says,

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 Through whom we have gained access by faith

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 into His disgrace in which we now stand.

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 Grace is something we talk about a lot.

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 It is God's continuous generosity towards us

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 which is unearned and undeserved.

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 In practice it means that God doesn't treat us

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 as our sins deserve.

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 He treats us instead as His own Son,

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 loved and treasured.

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 You see, because of what Jesus has done,

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 because of His grace,

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 all our sin is covered.

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 Our past sin,

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 our present sin,

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 and our future sin.

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 So that means that when I fall,

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 or when I sin,

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 it doesn't mean that I fall out of God's favour.

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 And that I have to somehow work my way

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 back into that relationship

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 and do something good

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 so that He looks upon me and says,

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 Yes, now I'm pleased with you.

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 No, it means that because of His grace,

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 we are forgiven,

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 we are accepted,

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 we are welcomed despite our sin.

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 So we are people who stand in grace,

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 safe and secure,

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 never removed from His presence,

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 always loved and treasured as His children.

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 That is something we are to experience

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 each and every day.

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 But not only that,

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 look at verse 3,

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 not only so,

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 but we rejoice,

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 or sorry,

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 the end of verse 2,

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 we rejoice in the hope

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 of the glory of God.

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 Now I think we all know

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 through our own experience,

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 and the experience of others,

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 that we live in a world

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 that is terribly broken

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 and disordered.

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 We see nations at war,

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 cultures clash,

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 families break down,

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 individual lives are wrecked

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 through abuse and selfish addictions,

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 and I don't think there will be

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 any one of us here

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 who will go through the year

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 untouched by some aspect

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 of the brokenness in this world.

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 It affects each one of us

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 through sickness,

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 through death,

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 through injustice,

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 through suffering.

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 But here is the good news

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 at the end of verse 2.

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 In the midst of all of that,

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 we can rejoice

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 in the hope of the glory of God.

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 There is a glory,

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 there is an eternity,

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 there is a new heaven

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 and a new earth.

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 And one day,

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 this world that we live in

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 with all its brokenness

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 is going to be renewed

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 and restored.

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 Paradise promised

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 in all its perfection

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 is for the believer.

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 And that is ours to enjoy.

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 It is guaranteed

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 and it is assured.

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 This is the best life

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 that we can ever have

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 and it is ours to experience today.

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 We have peace,

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 we have grace,

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 and we have hope.

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 And the invitation here

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 is to swim, if you like,

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 in the fountain of the Gospel,

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 to bathe in the pools

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 of what we have been given.

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 But so often,

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 what we can do

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 is spend our time

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 chasing after

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 the dream life.

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 To want that ideal home.

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 To want that career.

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 To want that job.

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 To want the perfect partner.

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 And as good as they may be,

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 they are never ever

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 going to satisfy us.

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 They are never going to fill us.

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 They are pools

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 that are ultimately stagnant.

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 What we are called to do

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 is to come back to the Gospel,

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 to experience it each day

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 by swimming

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 in the peace

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 and in the grace

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 and in the hope of God.

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 But before we move on,

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 I want us to note

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 that these things

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 that have been promised to us

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 can never be taken from us.

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 Look at what it says.

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 It is to be a present experience.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 We have peace with God.

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 It's ours today.

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 Through whom,

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 verse 2,

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 we have gained access.

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 We don't need to go

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 trying to earn our access.

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 We have it.

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 We now stand in His grace.

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 And present experience,

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 we rejoice

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 in the hope of the glory of God.

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 And the reason why

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 this is ours today

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 and it can never be taken

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 and because it is secure for us

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 is because it is all through,

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 verse 1,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's not dependent on us.

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 It is all dependent on Christ

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 who has secured it for us.

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 These are ours today.

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 These are the benefits of the Gospel

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 which can never be taken,

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 changed,

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 or altered.

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 So experience the Gospel

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 in your life.

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 Well, the second thing

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 is not only to experience the Gospel,

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 but what we've got to learn to do

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 is to apply the Gospel

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 into our lives

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 and into each situation.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 not only so,

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 not only do we have

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 peace and grace and hope,

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 but we also rejoice

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 in our sufferings.

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 Now that's quite hard for us

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 to take in, isn't it?

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 To rejoice in our sufferings

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 because I know that there are many here

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 who do suffer

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 and the truth is

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 we all are going to suffer

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 in different ways.

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 We've just said that we live in a world

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 that is broken,

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 disordered,

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 and distorted.

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 Not just the physical world around us,

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 but it's our own lives

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 that suffer.

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 And as we go through life,

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 we're going to experience it

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 in different ways.

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 It could be physically,

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 it could be emotionally,

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 it could be mentally.

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 And the last thing

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 we feel like doing

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 when we're in the midst

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 of our suffering

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 is feel like rejoicing.

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 How am I supposed to rejoice

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 with my illness?

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 How am I to be grateful

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 for my condition?

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 How am I to see good

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 in my struggles

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 and disappointments?

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 Because it's telling me here

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 that we are to rejoice

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 in our sufferings.

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 Well, let me make it clear

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 that rejoicing does not mean

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 that we jump up and down

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 with a false smile

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 and pretend everything is good

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 when it's not.

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 No, what it does mean

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 is that through Christ,

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 because of our new relationship

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 with the Lord Jesus,

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 we can look at suffering

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 in a different way

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 to everybody else,

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 which means we can rejoice

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 about that.

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 We have a different perspective

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 which does bring a joy

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 to our lives.

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 You've probably heard

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 on the TV or radio

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 one of the ads

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 that has been produced

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 by NRA,

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 the National Roads Authority.

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 And in it,

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 there are various people

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 who've been affected

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 by road traffic accidents

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 and they explain

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 how the accident

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 has affected them.

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 And in each situation,

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 all of them say

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 something like this,

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 I can never accept

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 what has happened to me.

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 My life is never going

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 to be the same.

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 Now, while much of that is true,

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 it's also giving the message

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 that suffering offers us nothing.

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 That if you suffer,

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 there's nothing good

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 to come from it.

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 It's a hopeless existence.

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 But the gospel tells us

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 that there is something

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 quite different

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 for those who suffer.

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 Because of the gospel,

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 our suffering can bring

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 about good.

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 Look at the rest of verse 3.

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 The reason why we can rejoice

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 in our sufferings

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 is because

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 we know that our suffering

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 produces perseverance,

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 perseverance character,

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 and character hope.

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 Let's look at those

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 three in turn.

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 First, suffering

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 builds perseverance.

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 As we journey

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 through our life,

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 there are going to be

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 many times

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 when we want to give up

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 and give in.

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 The Christian life

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 will seem to be

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 too much of a struggle.

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 Life will be

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 too much of a struggle.

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 But through suffering,

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 we actually learn

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 perseverance.

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 We learn the ability

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 to keep on going.

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 Not because of

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 our own strength,

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 but because of

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 our dependence

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 and our ability

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 to rely upon God

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 who gives us

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 the strength

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 to keep going.

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 So suffering

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 builds perseverance

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 as we rest

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 and rely

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 and depend

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 upon the strength

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 and the grace

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 of God.

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 But not only

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 does it build

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 perseverance,

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 but suffering

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 builds character.

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 do you know

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 some of the most

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 generous

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 and kind-hearted

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 and loving

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 people

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 are those who

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 suffer.

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 Have you ever

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 noticed that?

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 Why is it,

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 do you think,

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 that people who

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 suffer the most,

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 and we can think of

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 people who've gone

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 through really hard

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 times,

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 that they seem to be

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 the people who care

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 for others the most?

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 Why is that?

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 Because the gospel

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 has taught them

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 through their suffering,

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 has taught them

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 qualities like

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 patience

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 and understanding

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 and empathy.

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 In a sense,

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 they can say,

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 I've been there,

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 I've been through it,

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 I understand,

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 and here is a God

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 who is going to hold you,

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 a God who's going

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 to keep you,

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 a God who's never

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 going to let you go,

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 even when you can't

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 even pray,

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 and even when you

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 don't even know

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 what's going on.

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 Here is a God

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 who is real.

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 It builds character.

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 But third,

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 suffering also

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 builds hope.

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 When you're fit

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 and healthy,

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 and life is good,

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 and you've got a good

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 home,

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 and you've got a good

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 job,

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 and you have all

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 your faculties,

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 heaven and our

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 eternal rest

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 can seem quite

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 irrelevant

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 and not required.

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 What do I want

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 heaven for

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 when life is good?

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 But as soon

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 as suffering

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 comes,

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 it reminds us

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 that we don't

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 belong here.

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 Suffering

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 increases

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 and intensifies

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 our longing

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 to be at home.

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 Suffering

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 fuels

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 our desire

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 to be finished

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 with the struggles

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 of this world,

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 to be released

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 from our decaying

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 and aging

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 and broken bodies,

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 and to be set

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 free from our

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.880
 tortured minds.

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 Suffering

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 builds within us

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:10.000
 an anticipation

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 and an expectation

00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:13.960
 of our final home.

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 It urges us,

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.040
 it gives us

00:19:17.040 --> 00:19:18.000
 a greater desire

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 for something better.

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 And this is what

00:19:21.900 --> 00:19:22.880
 suffering does.

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 You see,

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:26.000
 because of the gospel,

00:19:26.180 --> 00:19:27.220
 we can rejoice

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.960
 in suffering.

00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:30.059
 because it brings

00:19:30.059 --> 00:19:30.740
 about good

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.819
 in our lives

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:33.460
 and it brings

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:34.180
 about good

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:35.559
 in the lives

00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:36.140
 of others.

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.460
 Well,

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.900
 you see,

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.799
 and rightly

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.700
 you can say it,

00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:42.500
 that sounds

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.860
 great in theory,

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.519
 but how do I make

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.640
 what's written here

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.480
 a reality

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.640
 in my life?

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 How can I

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:52.440
 in my suffering

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:53.480
 rejoice?

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 rejoice?

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 Well,

00:19:55.380 --> 00:19:56.339
 look at verse 5.

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 He says,

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 And hope

00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:00.299
 does not

00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:01.400
 disappoint us

00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:03.079
 because God

00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.940
 has poured out

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.660
 His love

00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:06.259
 into our hearts

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.960
 by the Holy Spirit

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.980
 whom He

00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:10.000
 has given us.

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:12.000
 We know

00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.599
 that God

00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:13.180
 loves us

00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.740
 because He

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.380
 has proved

00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.900
 His love

00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.299
 for us

00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.120
 on the cross.

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 But what

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.380
 we want

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.519
 is to experience

00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.680
 the same love

00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.360
 in our life

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:23.099
 today.

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.400
 In the middle

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:26.259
 of our suffering,

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:28.460
 we don't only

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.059
 want to know

00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:30.160
 it in our heads,

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 but we want

00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:32.599
 to feel it

00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:33.319
 in our hearts.

00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:34.539
 We want to know

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.360
 in the midst

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:36.099
 of our struggles

00:20:36.099 --> 00:20:37.259
 that God loves us

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.220
 and that He cares

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.799
 for us.

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 And that is what

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.420
 the Holy Spirit

00:20:41.420 --> 00:20:41.980
 does.

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 Look at the end

00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:43.519
 of verse 5.

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 God has poured

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.200
 out His love

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:48.079
 into our hearts.

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.839
 That's to be

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:51.380
 a present experience

00:20:51.380 --> 00:20:53.820
 by the Holy Spirit

00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:54.720
 whom He

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.780
 has given us.

00:20:57.040 --> 00:20:58.020
 He takes

00:20:58.020 --> 00:20:59.020
 the demonstrated

00:20:59.020 --> 00:21:00.000
 love of Christ

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.700
 which we see

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:01.420
 on the cross

00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.980
 and He pours it

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.980
 into our lives

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.100
 so that even

00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:05.880
 in the most

00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:07.040
 difficult of times,

00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:08.300
 even in the midst

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:09.000
 of our suffering,

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.460
 we can rejoice

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:12.580
 because we are

00:21:12.580 --> 00:21:14.200
 presently experiencing

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.160
 the love of God

00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.000
 working in us.

00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.359
 a love that brings

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:18.440
 about perseverance,

00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.880
 a love that brings

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.740
 about character,

00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.000
 a love that brings

00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:22.819
 about hope.

00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.200
 So the way

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.980
 that we are going

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.880
 to experience

00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:29.839
 this love,

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:31.079
 the depth of this love

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.019
 to see God

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:33.220
 at work in our lives

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:35.359
 is to ask

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.680
 the Holy Spirit

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:38.680
 to make that real

00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:39.559
 for you.

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.019
 He has poured

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.720
 His love

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.779
 into our hearts

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:45.180
 by the Holy Spirit

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:46.560
 whom He has given us.

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:47.920
 If you are a Christian,

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:49.000
 you have

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:50.200
 the Holy Spirit.

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.259
 Ask Him

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.920
 to make that

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.539
 a reality

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:56.200
 in your life

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.500
 so that you

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.940
 learn to rejoice

00:21:58.940 --> 00:22:01.120
 in your suffering.

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 But the third thing

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.600
 we must do

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.400
 is not only

00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:10.240
 experience the Gospel,

00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:11.340
 not only are we

00:22:11.340 --> 00:22:12.240
 to apply it

00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:13.200
 into our lives,

00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.860
 but we are

00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.799
 to remember

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.880
 the Gospel

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.680
 each day.

00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:18.740
 If we are

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:20.039
 to experience it,

00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.640
 if we are

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.620
 to apply it,

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.059
 we've got to know

00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.600
 what it is

00:22:23.600 --> 00:22:24.539
 we're experiencing,

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.180
 what it is

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.940
 we're applying.

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.559
 You see,

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.380
 it's only from

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.259
 the overflow

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.180
 of the Gospel

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.460
 that we find

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:33.000
 peace and grace

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.920
 and hope

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.779
 and joy.

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.460
 And if we don't

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.319
 spend our time

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:38.319
 in the Gospel,

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.080
 we're never going

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:39.900
 to experience

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.660
 those things.

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:43.400
 So we must

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.860
 remind ourselves

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.680
 of what Christ

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.080
 has done.

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.660
 There are two

00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.300
 things here

00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:47.840
 that we need

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.660
 to focus on.

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.480
 First,

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.340
 we need to focus

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.480
 on the cross.

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.240
 Verse 6.

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 Let's read

00:22:54.820 --> 00:22:55.700
 from verse 6.

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.720
 You see,

00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:58.800
 at just the right

00:22:58.800 --> 00:22:59.340
 time,

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.100
 when we were

00:23:01.100 --> 00:23:02.640
 still powerless,

00:23:02.840 --> 00:23:03.320
 when we could

00:23:03.320 --> 00:23:03.800
 do nothing

00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.540
 for ourselves,

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.380
 Christ died

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:07.960
 for the ungodly.

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.860
 very rarely

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.120
 will any person

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:12.500
 die for a

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.360
 righteous one.

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.860
 Though for a

00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:16.500
 good person,

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:18.180
 someone might

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.460
 possibly

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:21.079
 dare to die.

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 But God

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.460
 is so different.

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.620
 God isn't

00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:27.360
 like us.

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 God

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.299
 demonstrates

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.900
 His own

00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.579
 love for us

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.000
 in this.

00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.000
 While we were

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.539
 still sinners,

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.660
 Christ died

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.240
 for us.

00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:39.460
 The gospel

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.500
 is a great

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.019
 leveller.

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.460
 It reminds us

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.480
 exactly what

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.180
 we are all

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.580
 like.

00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.820
 Verse 6

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.420
 tells us

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:46.940
 that we are

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.900
 ungodly.

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.779
 Verse 8

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.240
 tells us

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.680
 we're sinners.

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.640
 Down in verse 10

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.560
 it describes us

00:23:51.560 --> 00:23:52.440
 as being enemies.

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 But perhaps

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:55.080
 what is most

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.800
 revealing is

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.620
 that in verse 6

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:56.980
 it says

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.759
 we're powerless.

00:23:59.040 --> 00:23:59.820
 That we have

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.660
 no ability

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.340
 in and of

00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.720
 ourselves

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.460
 to change

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.160
 our relationship.

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.160
 We can't

00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.019
 give ourselves

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.000
 the ultimate life.

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.819
 we can't

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.559
 give ourselves

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.339
 the best life.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.119
 We can't

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.059
 change ourselves

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.660
 because we're

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.140
 powerless.

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.299
 But God

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.819
 has done

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.700
 something for

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.599
 us in Christ.

00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.000
 Twice it

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.559
 tells us

00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.359
 in that passage

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.019
 verse 6

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.039
 that Christ

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.839
 died

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.539
 for the

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.200
 ungodly.

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.400
 In verse 8

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.099
 while we're

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.839
 still sinners

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.359
 Christ

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:28.160
 died

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.720
 for us.

00:24:30.619 --> 00:24:31.299
 He takes

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.880
 the initiative.

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:33.000
 He moves

00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.660
 out to

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.200
 us

00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.220
 in love.

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.019
 Christ

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.680
 in love

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.180
 becomes

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.519
 our

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.080
 substitute.

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.900
 He takes

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.500
 the place

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.960
 of us

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.460
 who are

00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.220
 ungodly.

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:41.960
 He takes

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.440
 the place

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.800
 of us

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.400
 the sinner

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.180
 and the

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.500
 enemy.

00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.340
 And the

00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.800
 wrath of

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.160
 God

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.279
 falls on

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.800
 Christ

00:24:47.800 --> 00:24:49.160
 because

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.740
 he

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.759
 loves

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.500
 you

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.500
 and me.

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:54.960
 And it

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.320
 is by

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.220
 trusting in

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.880
 his death

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:58.140
 and reminding

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.759
 ourselves

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.440
 of all

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.820
 that he

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.320
 has done

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.119
 that we

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.319
 will

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.919
 experience

00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.559
 life

00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:02.919
 in all

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.119
 its

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.480
 fullness.

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.179
 Peace,

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.139
 grace,

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.700
 hope and

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.119
 joy.

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.980
 You've

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.519
 got to

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.099
 remember

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:12.259
 the cross.

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.240
 But not

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.679
 only the

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.039
 cross,

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.419
 we are

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.099
 also to

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.619
 focus

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.419
 on the

00:25:17.419 --> 00:25:17.960
 resurrection.

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.500
 Look at

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.139
 verse 10.

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.200
 Let's

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:21.759
 read verse

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.119
 10.

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.339
 For if

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.799
 when we

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.659
 were God's

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.000
 enemies

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.559
 we were

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.399
 reconciled

00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.899
 to him

00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.439
 through the

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:27.879
 death of

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.500
 his son,

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:30.019
 how much

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.720
 more having

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:31.039
 been

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.140
 reconciled

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.900
 shall we

00:25:32.900 --> 00:25:33.460
 be saved

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.960
 through his

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.380
 life?

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.819
 The fact

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.500
 that Christ

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.279
 rose from

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.859
 the grave

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.180
 is proof

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:41.940
 that we

00:25:41.940 --> 00:25:42.480
 too will

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.380
 receive our

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.460
 full salvation.

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.599
 We have

00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:46.059
 peace,

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.579
 we have

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.980
 grace,

00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:47.420
 we have

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:47.700
 hope,

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.160
 we have

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.579
 joy.

00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:49.680
 These are

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.319
 benefits of

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.779
 the gospel

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.180
 that we

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.779
 can enjoy

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.339
 today.

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.119
 But the

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.660
 resurrection

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:56.079
 of Christ

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.599
 gives us

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.180
 assurance

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.859
 of our

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.939
 full salvation

00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.619
 to come.

00:26:00.719 --> 00:26:01.399
 Verse 10

00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:01.939
 says,

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.459
 we are

00:26:03.459 --> 00:26:04.419
 saved now

00:26:04.419 --> 00:26:05.079
 because of

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.619
 his death.

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:05.979
 We are

00:26:05.979 --> 00:26:06.719
 reconciled

00:26:06.719 --> 00:26:07.559
 now because

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.000
 of his

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.379
 death.

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:11.099
 How much

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.759
 more,

00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.419
 having been

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.339
 reconciled,

00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.079
 shall we be

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.899
 saved through

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.500
 his life?

00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.379
 How much

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.039
 more there

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.539
 is to

00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.599
 come for

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.240
 the Christian?

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.179
 How much

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.799
 more we

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.699
 have beyond

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.500
 this world?

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.479
 At the

00:26:25.479 --> 00:26:26.139
 end when

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.979
 Christ comes

00:26:26.979 --> 00:26:27.579
 we too

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.279
 will raise

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:29.019
 from the

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.679
 grave so

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.019
 that we

00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.859
 will experience

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.539
 our full

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.119
 and final

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.779
 salvation.

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:33.899
 And it

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.460
 is only

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.159
 by looking

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.500
 at the

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.039
 resurrection,

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.839
 reminding

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.639
 ourselves of

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.199
 what Christ

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.659
 has done,

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.379
 that we

00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.079
 will know

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.179
 everything that

00:26:41.179 --> 00:26:41.919
 we have to

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.460
 look forward

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.799
 to.

00:26:43.939 --> 00:26:44.960
 So these

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.240
 are the

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.159
 two twin

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:46.659
 truths,

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.099
 the two

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.919
 great pillars

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.980
 of our

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.399
 faith.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.339
 The cross

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.139
 and the

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.779
 resurrection.

00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.559
 And we

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.319
 need to

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.039
 focus on

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.399
 them and

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.439
 remind ourselves

00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:56.900
 of them

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.620
 each day.

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.220
 Do you

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.740
 remember the

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.340
 fountain that

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:01.799
 we talked

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.259
 about at

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.680
 the beginning?

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.080
 And that

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.120
 big pool that

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.740
 fills up as

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.660
 the waterfall

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.620
 comes down?

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.360
 Well that

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:13.299
 pool needs

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.240
 to be fed

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.680
 otherwise it

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.580
 will dry up.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.299
 Unless it

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.900
 is filled

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:20.400
 continually it

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.039
 will become

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.740
 empty.

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:21.859
 empty.

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.759
 And it's

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.500
 exactly the

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.000
 same with

00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.220
 us.

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.099
 Unless we

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.819
 are filled

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.799
 we will

00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.620
 become empty.

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:30.579
 And every

00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.299
 time we

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.960
 go back to

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.500
 the gospel,

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.579
 every time

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.259
 we remind

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.019
 ourselves of

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.680
 what Christ

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.220
 has done,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.200
 His cross,

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.160
 His resurrection,

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.339
 so it's like

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:40.039
 that pool

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.019
 fills up and

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.500
 up and it

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.180
 fills and it

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.019
 bubbles over

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.120
 and it flows

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.799
 over into

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.700
 every aspect

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.460
 of our life

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 filling us

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 with peace,

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 with grace,

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 with hope

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 and with joy.

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 If you're

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.420
 feeling dry,

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 if you're

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.240
 feeling empty,

00:27:58.579 --> 00:27:59.240
 if you're

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.440
 not experiencing

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.220
 the gospel

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 in your life,

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 I encourage

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 you to fill

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 your life up

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 reminding

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.920
 yourself daily.

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 And if you

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 can't do it

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.160
 on your own,

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.059
 meet with

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.799
 somebody else

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 who you can

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.880
 read with

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.759
 and pray with.

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.380
 We're to

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 encourage each

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.620
 other,

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.099
 remind ourselves

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 of what we

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 have.

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 If we are

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.259
 to experience

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.920
 the best

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.160
 life ever,

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.240
 and this

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.359
 is the best

00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:29.059
 life ever,

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:31.000
 we are to

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 immerse ourselves

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 in the gospel.

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 I invite us

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.200
 all to swim

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 in it every

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.059
 day.

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 Don't just

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 dip your toe

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.960
 into it once

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 a week when

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 you come along

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 on a Sunday

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 morning or

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 once a month.

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 Jump in,

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.140
 apply it to

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.799
 your life,

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.579
 and experience

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.500
 it daily

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:52.159
 and you

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.699
 will know

00:28:52.699 --> 00:28:54.000
 the best

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.339
 life ever.

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.179
 Let's pray

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.799
 together.

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.799
 Amen.

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:20.559
 We were once

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:24.399
 seen as ungodly

00:29:24.399 --> 00:29:27.460
 sinners

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:30.299
 and enemies

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:32.840
 powerless

00:29:32.840 --> 00:29:36.299
 unable to change our life

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.120
 or do anything

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:40.539
 but then Christ

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.660
 intervened

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:44.079
 he broke into

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.279
 our lives

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:48.299
 he died for us

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.860
 he rose again

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:51.259
 for us

00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:54.160
 all that we could

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:56.120
 experience the best

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.079
 life ever

00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:00.079
 we thank you

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.939
 for the peace

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.960
 that you give us

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:04.299
 thank you that we are

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.919
 standing in your grace

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:08.319
 thank you that we have

00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:09.699
 the hope of eternity

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:11.939
 that we have joy

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:13.299
 in our suffering

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:16.079
 and we ask that by your

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.699
 Holy Spirit's power

00:30:17.699 --> 00:30:20.639
 that you would take

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:21.419
 these truths

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:22.460
 and apply them

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.159
 to our lives

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.740
 so that we can feel

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:26.599
 and know your love

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:29.359
 and experience

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.279
 the depth

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:32.220
 of what it is

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.120
 to be in a living

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.759
 and vibrant

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:35.140
 relationship with you

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:38.039
 we thank you

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:39.380
 that we have

00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:40.019
 everything

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:41.200
 in Christ

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:43.400
 forgive us

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.980
 when we go

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.700
 chasing other dreams

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:48.160
 help us to

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.079
 chase Christ

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:51.240
 the one who gives

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.599
 us

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.879
 everything

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:55.359
 in Jesus name

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:56.879
 Amen

00:30:56.879 --> 00:31:03.819
 we're going to

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.720
 sing together

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:09.180
 to hear

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.160
 move

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.839
 to

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.860
 you

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:17.660
 you

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:19.940
 you

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:22.400
 you